Anchor for lading retaining bands for flat top railway cars



Sept. 13, 1949. B. R. JONES 2,481,598

ANCHOR FOR LADNG RETAINING BANDS FOR FLAT TOP RAILWAY CARS 2Sheets-Sheet l Filed July 20, 1948 BER?- Rdc/V55,

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Sept. 13, 949. B, R, JONES ANCHOR FOR LADING RETAINING BANDS FOR FLATTOP RAILWAY CARS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 20, 1948 gin/umm BERT/P-JO/V Patented Sept. 143, 1949 ANCHOR FOR LADIN G RETAINING BANDS 'FORFLAT TOP RAILWAY CARS' Q Bert'R. Jones, West Haven, Conn.V

Application July 20, 1948, Serial No. 397,683l

(Cl. v105-369) 5 Claims.

My invention relates'to anchorsfor high tension lading bands forretainingpipes, long pieces of lumber and the like'on at top railwaycars.

The principal" object of the' invention is to provide an effectiveanchor for lading bands which may be easily applied to new flat bottomcars as well as to similar cars now in service.

One of the primary features of the invention consists in providing ananchor for a lading retaining band which is incorporated with a stakereceiving pocket for a flat bottom railway car.

Another featureof `the `invention consists in providing an anchor for alading retaining band with a stake receiving pocket for a flat bottomcar, the pocket having oppositely projecting plate portions forattachment to the car and the anchor being spaced outwardly from one ofsaid platelike portions.

A further feature of the inventon consists in providing an anchor for alading retaining band with a stake receiving pocket for a flat bottomrailway car, the pocket being formed with oppositely projecting plateportions whereby it may be secured to the car and one of said plateportions terminating in an outwardly projecting iiange, the anchor forthe lading receiving band being formed integrally with said flange andthe adjacent side of the pocket.

Further and more specic features of the invention, residing inadvantageous forms, combinations and relations of parts, willhereinafter appear and be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary transverse sectional View of a flat bottomrailway car showing the invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the combined stake receiving pocket andanchor for the lading retaining band.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the structure shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a front elevational view of the right half of the deviceshown in Figure 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I indicates the floor of aflat bottom railway car of the type chosen for illustrating theinvention. The floor, of course, may be made either of wood or of metal.A side sill formed of upper and lower angle members 2 and 3`respectively connected by a plate 4 may advantageously be employed. Theside sills on opposite sides of the car are connected to the center sill(not shown) by one or more cross bearers or the like 5. As may be seenin Figure 1, each cross bearer is preferably of dish shape having a Web6, upper 'and lower `marginal iiangcs l and an' en'd `flan-ge 8 which isconnected to the adjacent sides'illiby means hereinafter described. For`-structural reasons, a bar 3 may.advantageously"by'interposed betweenthe upper web I of the "c'ross bearer and the overlying horizontal Vtopflange "2. "A second bar IIl may be securedtothe underside vof thehorizontal flange of the lower angle 3.

Inwardly of its ends,rthe cross bearer 5 may be of decreased depth-sothat a kfloor supporting member may be interposed'betweenfit andtheiioor. In the car chosen' for purposesA vof illustrating the invention,an 'angular' bar i I of -/Z' section is employed for this purpose, theupper horizontal ange I2 of the Z bar being secured to the under side ofthe floor by a rivet or the like and the lower horizontal flange I3being similarly secured to the upper marginal ange of the underlyingcross bearer.

The pocket I4 for receiving the conventional stake of a iiat bottom caris generally of U-shape having legs I5 connected by a web I6. Projectingfrom opposite sides of the legs I5 are plate portions II by which thepocket is attached to the adjacent side sill of the car. As shown, eachof the plate-like portions is formed with three openings for receivingrivets which pass through the end anges 8 of the cross bearer and thusserve to firmly secure the stake receiving pocket to the car.

The two laterally extending plate portions I'I each terminate in anoutwardly projecting ange I8 which may conveniently be of substantiallytriangular shape in elevation. Integrally connecting each flange I3 withthe adjacent side of the pocket is means I9 to which a lading retainingband (not shown) may be anchored. This means whose periphery mayadvantageously be circular is spaced from the adjacent plate portion I'Iso that a lading retaining band may be easily inserted between it andthe adjacent plate portion.

The lading retaining band anchors may conveniently be bored, asindicated at 20, to reduce their respective weights. Also to prevent theunnecessary use of metal, the web I6 of the pocket for receiving thestake terminates considerably above the lower edges of the plate portionI1 and the lower edges of the legs I5 of the pocket preferably inclinedownwardly, as shown in the drawings, to the lower edges of the plateportions I'I.

To practice the invention, it is, of course, not necessary to provideanchors for lading retaining bands on both sides of the side stakereceiv-` ing pocket. However, such a construction has been illustratedin the drawings so as to eliminate the necessity of providing rights andllefts and at the same time to enable the lading retaining band to passover the lading resting on the car oor at substantially right angles tothe edges of the oor.

Various modifications in details of construction of tliefembodimentofthezinventionhere illustratedfand.describedmay, of course, bemadewithout departing from the spirit of the appended claims. i

What I claim is: Q, A i, .ir 1. A member for receivinga side'dstals(V`vnat bottom railway car, said member comprismg a pocket for the lower endof the sidestkeplate; 1

like means on opposite sides ofsaidgpocket,,togre-x L g.

car, and means rigid with said member-and1V spaced laterally fromjjoneof *said plate-like means adapted to be Iencircled by auload--rejtair-xf ing'lbandg f s- '2KIV'A; `rne'mlnger forfreceving asideta ifat bttomirailwa'ycar, s Iid member 'comprisin a p'o-ckretrlforthel lower.. end fof the side stake, plt-likemeans onoppo'site sides ofvsaid pocket toreceivefdevices for a1',ta'c :hing ythe member to andmeans intgral with Olie.. t `of said pockethafn'd spaced laterally-fr usaid' plate-like means A'around which a :loads ref band''isfadapted tobe encircled. l member .,frsfeseiving ,a .Side 'stake `f iiat bottom"railway cai', saidmemb'e` comp s;

,30 retaining bandl is adapted tbenc'ircled byrva load retaining band.lv

ing a pocket having side and end walls for receiving the lower end ofthe side stake, plate-like means on opposite sides of said pocket toreceive devices for attaching the member to the car, andVv meansintegral with one of the side walls of the pocket and( spaced laterallyfrom the adjacent plate-like means adapted to be encircled by a loadretaining band.

ll, A/member for receiving a sidestake for flat bottom railwaycar,'sa`id member comprising a pocket having end and side walls forreceiving the lower end of the side stake, plate-like means,

on opposite. sides ofysaid pocket to receive devices for attachingthemember to the car, one of said plate-'like means being integrally formedat its outerledge with an outwardly projecting portion, and means formedintegrally with said outwardly extending'v portion and the adjacent sidewall of saidpocktY andrspaced laterally from the adjacent plate-likemeans adapted to be encircled 5. A member for receivingn aiside staEew'for a flat bottom railway cansaid memberv r comprising a pocket fortheflower end of theside stake,plat`e like means onfopp'os'ite sidesoisaidlpock to receive devices for attaching the me car,'and meansdisposedon`v n pocket and integralMtlerew th 'spl n from said plate-likemeans" around 'W cl'iL I No references cited.; l

